/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>123957
The laptop model is and Acer Aspire 5740 if that information is any help.

Here are the specs.

only thing worth saving is the HDD and the wireless card (if it has one)

sell the rest at ebay. you should get about 80 bucks for the graphics card only! good luck

>>123962
Do you really think so?
With a couple of upgrades like a better motherboard or something I thought I'd be able to make a semi decent desktop.
I really don't have a lot of experience with computers at all but this is a good a time to learn as any.

depends. what parts are dead or you feel will die soon?

>>123965
An inexperienced guess I would hazard is that either the hard drive or motherboard, it has made strange whirring sounds recently and I've heard rattling sounds coming from it too.
I realise I should be more computer savvy for such a project but I learn fast enough.

the i3 M330 is a mobile processor so you are gonna need a mobile motherboard which supports one of these sockets (BGA1288, PGA988). These motherboard are expensive and not so easy to find. IMO, it's not worthy it.

>>123969
Ah I see, well do you think it would be better to just upgrade the parts of the laptop itself?

>>123970
i say keep the laptop as it is and when you get some cash, build a new pc. $(500-800)

>>123957
>pic

I used tineye.com and found where this image came from,

The H.O. Studley Tool Chest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cGNT-RSkEU

>Short video excerpt from the New Yankee Workshop detailing the hanging tool chest of piano builder H.O. Studley. This is some of the finest wood craftsmanship I have ever seen. Henry Studley built this tool chest over the course of his 30-year career at the Poole Piano Company sometime in the 19th century.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/PlansAndProjects/PlansAndProjectsarticle.aspx?id=27038

>In July 1988, the back cover of Fine Woodworking magazine featured an awe-inspiring object: the vintage 19th-century tool chest of master carpenter and stonemason H.O. Studley. If the workmanship in the tool chest is any indication of the maker's talent, then the craftsmanship of Studley must have been a wonder to behold. The chest created quite a stir among our readers, and when we later created a poster of the chest, it quickly sold out. The poster was reprinted in 2011 and can currently be bought in our store.

>>123981
I shall do just that then dear anon, thank you very much for your advice, I really do appreciate it.

>>123987
Thanks for posting this, I never thought of using Tineye, sorry for the brain fart.

That chest is packed full of masonic symbols.

>>123967
The rattling noise is either the hard drive (easy to replace) or a fan (easy to clean and lubricate, sometimes hard to find the right size for replacement).

Look up a guide to taking the thing apart online and clean the fans out. Also lift the little stickers in the center of the fan and put a tiny drop of oil in there. Usually you have to remove some screws on the bottom, then remove the keyboard, then remove some more screws under the keyboard. Always ground yourself on something metal before touching the internals of the laptop- you don't want to zap them with a static shock.

Since old laptops are typically pretty quiet, they make good home theater PCs as long as they have a video out. Have a look at xbmc.org if you are interested in that sort of thing.

>>124269
Because the owner was a mason, a real stonemason and a member of the masons.

More pics and info,
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/tool_chest_made_by_studley.htm